October!!!

[arghmisfit]

best month of the year!!! 28 days till my birthday :bashful:
http://www.artground.com/forum/sk81.jpg

[Skuli]

lets draw the shit out of this month.
#19 of my daily sp's kinda like it. Though, again, the eyes maybe a little too big.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp01okt2005-19.jpg
Good job Arghmisfit

[Skuli]

common people, where is everybody? Only me and arghmisfit have posted since 27th september!

2.okt
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp02okt2005-20.jpg

[bort]

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/6418/dsc07434b1qb.jpg

my first self portrait

[Danomight]

Trying to get away from over rendering everything, so I kept this kind of loose.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b175/JDGarcia/face.jpg

[Skuli]

well, what can I say...it's late, I got tired, lost concentration, so I ended up finishing with some wannabe picasso features
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp03okt2005-21.jpg

[arghmisfit]

painted this one in the dark using the monitor as my light source, ill try to get better values next time... used only one funky brush that i made

http://www.artground.com/forum/sk82.jpg

danomight: those lips are looking pretty flat(evident on the opening), wider range of values would be good too... keep it up

skuli: thanks :) yeah those are some big eyes.. :P how long do these usually take you? u should spend more time on one really fleshing out the values to the max but before going on a shading fest making sure the proportions are correct

bort: crazy :)

[Danomight]

arghmisfit - Thanks for the crit man, really pushed me to give it another go today. You have some great sp's so far, keep it up.

Skuli - Same as argh said, eyes a bit big, but looks cool none the less, gives it a bit of a caricature feel. I have a bunch of sp's where I run out of steam as well. keep on postin.

Used 4b lead this time instead of hb to get a batter value range, I think I tend sculpt the drawing a bit better with softer lead.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b175/JDGarcia/stare.jpg

[arghmisfit]

danomight: thanks. way better than the first one, keep it up

1 brush again, almost looks like a put a filter on :P

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct3.jpg

[arghmisfit]

used painter(watercolors) for this one, i usaully use PS

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct4.jpg

[Tag06]

Argmisfit your portraits are extremely good.

[arghmisfit]

thanks tag06

i was really happy for this one, yet the expression looks cheesy and faked.. either i wasnt happy enough or i cant draw decent smiles :\ doesnt really look like me that much:\

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct5.jpg

[Aether]

Nice portraits there! Tho i would love to see some more facial expressions.

Btw Jens what does that dot represent on the forehead ?

[nightmare]

those are very nice portraits. Luv them all

[Pibborando]

Hey. This is my first art post on these forums so, I'm just introducing myself with a little self portrait.

Nothing much to say. Just a quick pencil sketch I did a couple nights ago. Not too much shading, but I havn't sketched in a while, and havn't done a self portrait in... ever.

Unfortunately, my scanner is not big enough to get the whole image, so I scanned it in two sections and merged them together in PS. The problem is that the lip at the edge of the scanner forces the paper a few milimeters off the surface, so the image gets slightly darker at the edge. And when I merged it, there was an ugly dark area going through the middle. Oh well. Didn't feel like cleaning it up at the time, so here ya go.

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/2628/selfportraitsketchsmall2ev.jpg

Hopefully, I'll be getting a 9x12 WACOM Intuos3 soon, and I can finally do some digital painting.

[arghmisfit]

a darker one

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct6.jpg

[Skuli]

Nice stuff guys
Lately I haven't had any inspiration and postponed my sp's until I was almost asleep but then forced myself to do them, so this batch sucks :S
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/th_sp04okt2005-22.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp04okt2005-22.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/th_sp05okt2005-23.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp05okt2005-23.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/th_sp06okt2005-24.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp06okt2005-24.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/th_sp07okt2005-25.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/Sjalfsmyndir/sp07okt2005-25.jpg)
(clickables)

[bhuddistmonk]

Havent posted here in a long time. I was active on this thread about a year ago. Havent used photoshop in a while, but its easier now. Did this for about 1.5 hours till the sun went down.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/Bhuddistmonk/SP100705.jpg


Arghmisfit - i really like yours, especially the scar one.

Some of you have really improved greatly since i looked here last.


How old are you all? Im 17.

[arghmisfit]

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct7.jpg

thanks bhuddistmonk, im 17, almost 18

[MikeMakesMonkeys]

Hi people - first post on this tread and my first attempt at an SP in COLOUR.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/DuneFishUK/DFUK-self3.jpg

[arghmisfit]

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct8.jpg

[bhuddistmonk]

ok, worked on this for about an hour this morning.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/Bhuddistmonk/SP100705plusanhour.jpg



Dune - Keep going. Painting with color is mostly about getting the values correct so it defines the form. I would do more black and white value studies of your face, and focus on getting the structure and form correct before you add the confusing extra dimension of color to the mix.

skuli - I think you should find a three-way mirror so you can draw your head from different points of view. If you cant get one of those the next best thing is to put the mirror in your lap and look down at it, or something. just try all kinds of different stuff, and add in a harsh light sources like Arghmistfit to create some dense shadows.


Wookie Arghmistfit

[JaCkinbOx]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/JaCkinbOx/sp004.jpg

Been awhile since I've had the time to participate in anything. I started this self-portrait last night and hope to finish it soon. It's been enlarged from a thumbnail sketch so it's still a little pixellated.

Probably the best one I've done so far, though. Drawn immediately after reading some inspiring advice from Andrew Jones.

[JaCkinbOx]

Those are headphones, btw, so don't yell at me for them not looking like ears. Ha.

[Skuli]

thanks for the tips guys. Yeah I really need to take a break from the front view wich has been in every single sp of mine, more or less.
Also been thinking about harsh lightning, gotta get a lamp for my table :p
Im 15 soon turning 16.

[arghmisfit]

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct11.jpg

[Tjendol]

http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~s0369519/drawing/sp%2012-10-2005.jpg

Not finished yet but I wanted to post something again..it's been too long :D

Great to see some of the familiar people are still in this thread.

[MikeMakesMonkeys]

I would do more black and white value studies
Yeah - I hadn't attempted a single colour for a couple of months before that post. So now I'm back on the black... and white. But damn it was fun playong with colour - even if it was for just a day.

Gone a bit skewed but...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/DuneFishUK/sp141005.jpg

[Flake]

This is an open thread, yeah? If not delete this or whatever.

Kinda grim first work post, but gotta start somewhere and I don't want to be the guy who just lurks in the lounge and never posts their own stuff.

This is the first time I've picked up a brush for about 8 years and I had an hour and a half to do it in, hopefully I'll get better.

http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/112/spsmall5wx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Edit: yay, I did it, I posted something. Feel free to kill it to death with crits, but it's still a personal scary milestone done in my world.

[arghmisfit]

thx jens
http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct14.jpg

[MikeMakesMonkeys]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/DuneFishUK/dfuk-SP5cropped.jpg

<bitten by the SP bug>

[scooterella]

You youngins are way too talented, I can't keep up.

Anyway, thought I'd hop the bandwagon here, if nobody minds.
http://membres.lycos.fr/funnylemon/sp1.jpg

[PeggyChung]

ah no time to comment, heres mine, didnt turn out as dark as i thought it would and the eyes really bug me!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ladylioness/Self%20portraits/sp10-17-05.jpg

[Tjendol]

LadyLioness:
Like you said yourself, you need more darker and probably some lighter tones as well in there..it looks kinda flat. The proportions seem to be right although the right eye may be a bit high compared to the tilted head and the other eye.

Scooterella:
That's nice for 30 minutes. The values are pretty well done. Maybe a highlight in the eye would make it stronger.
I would love to see an update of this one.

Dunefish:
I like the left eye, it has a dreamy and yet clear look.
I would suggest checking more carefully in which direction you place your strokes..you're losing form this way. I like the high contrast and I'm looking forward to the next piece.

arghmisfit:
Well that's just dope..not much to crit really.

Flake:
I like the texture of your painting. The shirt part is too flat in my opinion and you could also use more tones in the facial area to make it stand out more.

Jens:
Really, I'm still impressed by the number of drawings you make..hehe. So diverse and so inspiring..keep it up.

http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~s0369519/drawing/sp%2017-10-2005.jpg

[t.m0]

http://www.bydecker.de/images/daily/page207.jpg

[bhuddistmonk]

dunefish - very nice, do many of these and just try different views and angles. Stay aware of the structure: the structure of the face is what makes you look the way you do.

[Tjendol]

http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~s0369519/drawing/sp%2018-10-2005.jpg
http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~s0369519/drawing/sp%2018-10-2005_masked.jpg

The mask was added later and is meant to be metaphoric. I have a sulfurous (is that the right word?) feeling lately and sometimes it feels like I can't breathe normally.

Not totally symmetrical...moved around too much i Guess.

t.m0: I think the eyes should be more on the same level..judging from the rest of the face..like the nose and lips..your head seems to be pointing straight forward so the eyes look a bit funny because one is higher than the other. You can see it more clearly when you take the image and flip it horizontally. I like the sketchy look though and the fact that you've only drawn the eyes, nose and mouth..it really makes you focus on the expression of the face.

[Flake]

Flake:
I like the texture of your painting. The shirt part is too flat in my opinion and you could also use more tones in the facial area to make it stand out more.


Yeah, you're spot on about the shirt, it was black but it wouldn't be that black. I think your also right about the "more tones", like I said though, rush job for a college hand in date.

I like your latest one, although I do prefer the version without the mask.

-Flake

[Adamos]

Hi everyone I'm running a sketchbook here on CA, but sincs I found this thread too, I thought why not post my charcoal sp here as well.

Really dig the effort everyone has shown throughout this thread, very inspiring!

Right now I'm learning how to handle charcoal, and I'm certainly enjoying it too!

peace


http://adamos.uw.hu/kepek/sp1.jpg

[MikeMakesMonkeys]

Thanks for the crit Tjendol!
buddhistmonk - I will.

Just a very quick one today - Potatoshop, tablet, mirror, me and 30 Mins. Errors exude...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/DuneFishUK/sp211005.jpg

[renaissancekid]

Loving all these self-portraits guys... great work !

[Rebecca]

I LOVE this one:

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct7.jpg

Heres my little contribution, I hope its good enough: :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/snakesglasseye/anotherspofme.jpg

[antihero]

Hey Rebecca, nice work. I'd suggest "finishing" it. Not that it looks bad (it looks sweet actually) but it looks like you were "afraid" to draw your face as a whole and instead focused on the eyes and your mouth. Hope you understand what i mean, pm if you dont get the meaning of my rant. ;)

Heres me:

http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/05/10/selfportrait_04.jpg

http://www.circum.ch/cncpt/05/10/selfportrait_03.jpg

[arghmisfit]

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct17.jpg
http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct18.jpg
http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct19.jpg
http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct20.jpg
http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct22.jpg
http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct23.jpg

[antihero]

I like the one with the tree is fantastic.
Very nice.

//edit "tree" instead of "three"

[Layil]

happy birthday argh....

[arghmisfit]

:party: YAY!! thanks :D

http://www.artground.com/forum/sp/oct24.jpg

[twitch]

Beauty, one and all. Of course, every time I post I display a self portrait ;^)

I'm working on a new one right now though, glad I found this thread

[Dizon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/patdzon/SP.jpg

Finally, the first SP I'm happy with.

[Marjolein]

a quicky:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/majootje/Art/zelfportret.jpg

damn.. i way to addicted to the smudge tool! help me, i gotta kick the habit!

[theartguy]

Heres mine.

-Seth

<br><br>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/theARTguy/SP-all.jpg

[blacky]

Can't we have one place in this subforum to put our mutual sp's toghether?
It's just that I've posted this one hell many places (2) already....but, what the heck....
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/Burratino/nottoobadsp.jpg